Playwrights Unit | Chromatic Theatre

Join us for our playwrights unit staged readings!

at Theatre 1308 (1308 Edmonton Tr.)

Friday - June 12, 2026 at 7:30pm featuring Lucky Essentials by Yan Zhu & Caliban by Sunny Sky Faust

Saturday - June 13, 2026 featuring Get Back Home by Ziga Poromon & all the colours of a rupture that shook me to life by Pam Tzeng

$10 + ticket fees

ABOUT THE PIECES

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Get Back Home

by Ziga Poromon

A university student working as a security guard at the Canadian Global Founders Museum encounters a lost woman wandering a private West African exhibition floor after hours. They must help the woman get back home, until she tells them that she is from the exhibitions grand painting.

About the playwright

Ziga is an Irish-Nigerian-Canadian actor, poet, and writer who is passionate about performing and entertaining audiences. She has written for musical artists, various websites and publications, and is currently developing her first short film. Ziga was part of the 2022 RBC Emerging Playwrights Mentorship Program and received a certificate in Performing Arts from NYU Tisch School of Arts. She has more than 5 years of experience performing in theatre, piano, film, TV, and commercials. She's an undergrad student at the University of Calgary majoring in Law and Society with a minor in Sociology.

ᑕᐱᒪᔩᑲᐱᑎ

by Sunny Sky Faust

ᑕᐱᒪᔩᑲᐱᑎ is an adaptation of The Tempest written by William Shakespeare that focuses on Caliban's character and story by rewriting the humanity back into his character. The play explores what it means to be caught between the binaries of race, gender, and sexuality. How do we find belonging? Why do we make the choices we make? How do we stay true to ourselves?

About the playwright

Sunny Sky Faust (They/Them) is an emerging Indigiqueer and Two-Spirit artist, writer, and actor. They come from a mixed Indigenous and European heritage with their Woodland Cree roots stemming from Driftpile Cree Nation in Treaty 8. Currently, Sunny resides in Treaty 7 territory. Their passions revolve around the performing and visual arts as they hope to apply themself to both gain new experiences and community. Thus, Sunny wishes to continue their growth as a well-rounded artist to then return the support they have received on their path.

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all the colours of a rupture that shook me to life

by Pam Tzeng

all the colours of a rupture of that shook me to life

is both a performance installation and a celebration of life memorial event.

is a communal gathering to honour the experience of friend breakups.

is an invitation to connect to reflect

to be with others and collectively hold

in awe and reverence, the love and grief held in friendship breakups

to witness and/or participate in offerings

that acknowledge and create openings for what remains to move and transform.

About the playwright

Pam Tzeng 曾小桐 (they/she) is a second-generation Taiwanese-Canadian choreographer and interdisciplinary artist based in Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 Territory.

Led by their embodied curiosities, Pam take pleasure in extremes to craft honest, visceral and animated performances and immersive installations. Their work is evolving collection of intimate reflections on the politics of our individual, relational and collective bodies. At the creative heart of their practice is the question: What becomes possible in the felt space of knowing each other as different and the same? For more about what Pam cares about, does and has made or contributed to visit: pamtzeng.com

Lucky Essentials

by Yan Zhu

Lucky Essentials follows the storeowner of a Chinatown Gift Shop on the verge of collapse as she comes up with various schemes to attract business during the booming time of Calgary Stampede. These schemes are viewed by her young employees as morally gray or even outright wrong as they try their best to do damage control. As each character navigates their own path through right and wrong, will they be able to come together to save the gift shop and their jobs

About the playwright

Yan (she/they) is an actor, writer, director, and filmmaker. As a Chinese settler in Mohkintsis, she aims to use storytelling to explore aspects of her identity and to dramatize and reimagine the world around her. Her process seek to humanize everyday people in her proximity. Outside of messing with different mediums of storytelling, she can be found at your local basketball court, shooting hoops and breaking ankles (maybe). Or otherwise stuffing her face with delicious food and hanging around wherever there's community and good weather.